Jennifer Patafio, shown here in a snapshot uploaded to her Facebook page, was charged with driving while intoxicated and refusing to submit to a breath test, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Hanging out with reality-TV star "Big Ang" is "one big [expletive] party," Arrochar resident Jennifer Patafio proclaimed to the world a few months ago at a VH1 preview event.

But the celebration lurched to a screeching halt early Thursday morning after cops arrested Ms. Patafio and accused her of zooming along the West Shore Expressway while drunk.

Ms. Patafio, 53, who goes by the moniker, "Little Jen," was pulled over just before 2 a.m. near Bloomingdale Road, said court papers.

Cops said the Joseph Lane resident was driving her red Honda Accord at 89 mph in a 50-mph zone.

Ms. Patafio had trouble maintaining her balance on exiting the vehicle and smelled "strong[ly]" of alcohol, said police.

Her eyes were bloodshot and watery, and her speech was slurred, cops said.

The suspect was "extremely argumentative" and had difficulty listening to, understanding and complying with simple instructions, said police.

Cops said she was "very uncooperative" and refused a blood alcohol test.

She was charged with driving while intoxicated and refusing to submit to a breath test, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

Ms. Patafio has appeared on "Big Ang," the reality-TV show featuring Angela Raiola, who owns a combination beauty salon and store in Dongan Hills and runs the popular Drunken Monkey Bar in West Brighton.

At the VH1 Premiere Party in July to launch the show, Ms. Patafio described her relationship with Ms. Raiola thusly: "It's a constant whirlwind ... working, drinking, going out, staying home, it's all the same thing -- it's one big [expletive] party," she gushed.

Ms. Patafio is the second pal of "Big Ang's" to run afoul of the law.

Anthony Cracchiolo, 33, who has also been featured on the show, was recently indicted in Brooklyn federal court on cocaine distribution and conspiracy charges. The Grasmere resident owns a pizzeria next door to Ms. Raiola's beauty salon.

Ms. Patafio could not immediately be reached by phone Thursday afternoon